Category Archives: WPTF News
Ship operator and employee are charged in crash that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore bridge
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ED WHITE BALTIMORE (AP) - Federal prosecutors announced criminal charges Tuesday in the 2024 collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing a Singapore-based ship ...
May 12, 2026
Hegseth is facing a new round of questioning from Congress on the Iran war and more
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face a new round of questioning from lawmakers over the Iran war Tuesday, including some Republicans who have expre...
May 12, 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth walks to the auditorium to brief members of congress on military strikes near Venezuela at the Capitol, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
State senate district suit dropped, Supreme Court ruling cited
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - The recent Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act has led two North Carolina black voters to drop a lawsuit over the drawing of State Senate district lines. Democrati...
May 11, 2026
Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton, fired after defending FEMA, to lead the agency
By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press President Donald Trump nominated Cameron Hamilton Monday to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, a notable comeback for the former Navy SEAL who was...
May 11, 2026 FILE - Cam Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing of FEMA on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Hantavirus infected cruise: one NC person was on ship, more on the quarantine
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - State and federal health officials now report that one person from North Carolina was on board that hantavirus infected cruise ship and was evacuated to a Nebraska quarantin...
May 11, 2026 TENERIFE, SPAIN - MAY 10: American citizens (Dressed in blue) are evacuated in a small boat from the MV Hondius after docking in the Granadilla Port on May 10, 2026 in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. The CDC now reports one person from North Carolina was aboard and is now in a Nebraska quarantine (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Former Pilot Mountain town manager faces charges
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - A town official in Surry County has been indicted for improper spending after a state audit. The investigation found that former Pilot Mountain town manager Michael Boaz mis...
May 11, 2026 (courtesy town of Pilot Mountain)
Triangle Town Center shooter arrested
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Raleigh police have now made an arrest and issued multiple juvenile petitions in the shooting at Triangle Town Center in April. Detectives with the Raleigh Police Department hav...
May 11, 2026 BrianAJackson / Depositphotos.com
State representative Introduces the Fair Share for Public Schools Act
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) -- Democratic North Carolina Representative Allen Buansi says that North Carolina public education is in a crisis. He spoke to reporters Monday about new legislation he has in...
May 11, 2026 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com
Hurricanes sign forward Mark Jankowski to 2-year extension through 2027-28 season
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes used some of their extra time off between rounds of the NHL playoffs to get a deal done with forward Mark Jankowski. The Hu...
May 11, 2026 Philadelphia Flyers' Travis Konecny, left, cannot get the puck past Carolina Hurricanes' Mark Jankowski, front right, and goalie Frederik Andersen, back right, during the first period of Game 4 in a second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series Saturday, May 9, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Oil prices rise as the Iran war drags on, but US stocks inch to more records
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices rose as the war with Iran threatens to drag on, but U.S. stocks nevertheless inched to more records. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oi...
May 11, 2026 Specialists Anthony Matesic, left, and Dilip Patel work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)